Man shot in hand during Route 6 altercation

A man who took a gunshot to the hand may have been the victim of bumper-sticker rage during an altercation on the shoulder of the Mid-Cape Highway.

HILARY RUSS

HYANNIS – A man who took a gunshot to the hand may have been the victim of bumper-sticker rage.

The man, 51, who was not from the Cape, walked into the lobby of the Barnstable Police Department today at about 11:45 a.m., according to Barnstable Police Sgt. Sean Sweeney. Sweeney declined to release the name of the victim as the investigation into the shooting continues.

The man, whose hand was swaddled in a blood-soaked towel, told police he had just been shot during an altercation on the shoulder of the Mid-Cape Highway.

He was driving west when a Chevrolet Suburban behind him flashed its lights at him. When the man pulled over between Exits 4 and 3 in Sandwich, he and the driver of the Chevy got into an argument about a motorcycle club bumper sticker on the victim’s vehicle.

That’s when the other man pulled out a gun and shot him in the hand, the victim told police, according to Sweeney.

The victim was taken to Cape Cod Hospital by Hyannis Fire Department ambulance. He is expected to undergo surgery on his hand, Sweeney said.

The incident is under investigation by police in Sandwich, where the incident occurred, and state police detectives assigned to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Sandwich detectives at (508) 833-8007.